182 registered on MSP sex offender list

Verification and confirmation is currently underway with the passing of the mandatory Jan. 15 registration date for all sex offenders in the State of Michigan.

There are 182 registered sex offenders scattered throughout the Eastern Upper Peninsula, according to the Michigan State Police Sex Offender Registry. The list, which can be accessed via the Internet at www.mipsor.state.mi.us, includes the names, birth dates and addresses of all registered offenders and — in most cases — includes a recent photograph of the individual.

The 49783 zip code, which includes the City of Sault Ste. Marie and Sugar Island, led the list of local areas with 61 registered offenders, followed by the Newberry zip code with 26 people on the list.

The 49781 zip code which includes St. Ignace and the surrounding area recorded 17 offenders, while the 49788 zip code encompassing Kincheloe had 13. The Brimley/Raco area falling under the 49715 zip code was the only other area in double digits with 10 registered sex offenders.

The current list shows 8 offenders in the Hessel area with a 49745 zip code, while nearby Cedarville at 49719 did not have anyone registered on the list.

Drummond Island, McMillan and Naubinway had five sex offenders apiece residing in their respective zip codes, while Dafter at 49724 had four.

Barbeau, Eckerman, Moran, Pickford and Rudyard each had three registered sex offenders residing within their zip code borders, while DeTour Village, Engadine, Hulbert, Kinross and Trout Lake each recorded two. The 49736 zip code, encompassing both Goetzville and Stalwart recorded two registered offenders as well.

There was one registered offender in Curtis under the 49820 zip code.

Michigan State Police, from both the Sault Ste. Marie and St. Ignace posts, report that the official list will be cross-checked and verified in the coming weeks to ensure all of the convicted sex offenders have complied with their annual registration. Warrants will presumably be sought for any individual who failed to meet the Jan. 15 deadline.